Well okay you got me with Royal Trux - There is a band that gets a lot more cred than they deserve sometimes. I like them and I like some of their records a lot but at the same time, I think some of their stuff is just complete self-indulgent BS clearly produced by two people on the nod who don't really give a crap about what they're doing. It's not a movement and it's not a statement, it's just very stoned people making very half-assed music and getting a free pass from the hipper-than-thou music press because most of those people get their records for free.

Probably, this is a separate subject (Music Press BS) and I've had a couple of beers, so my sincerest apologies to Royal Trux fans for spouting off. I still think Jennifer Herrema is kinda hot in a cruddy, junkie chick kinda way.

Haha, I doubt you're offending anybody.
I think the two were proud heroin users in the early-90s. Oddly, I kind of feel the same way about Herrema. Storytime: Some friends of mine in college shared a rented house with a huge basement where they booked bands to play. Once in 92 or 93 they got Pavement to play there with Royal Trux opening. Naturally, most people were there for Pavement. Herrema was a lot taller than I expected and she kind of attacked her microphone while she sang/snarled and her gut was hanging over her jeans. It was heroin-chic without much chic. One guy who was there asked "Who is this disgusting bitch and what is this music?"

I own lots of albums that are hipster essentials, but I like near enough everything I own in that regard.

As a general rule, I try not to hold on to anything I don't have a desire to listen to again. That said, I've got a few albums kicking around that I find interesting, but have nearly 0 desire to listen to, which I think qualifies as having for the sake of having.

The Drift by Scott Walker is the most glaring example I can think of.

I'm almost tempted to put Blueberry Boat (2004) by the Fiery Furnaces on it, but I know it's really one of those polarizing albums that you either love or hate. I really only listened to it once and it was an interesting experience, but one I never really felt the need to repeat. If I want to listen to them I'll take EP (2005) over anything else, so yeah... I guess Blueberry Boat can be put on my list.

I like Blueberry Boat to be honest, though Gallowsbird's Bark is my favourite.

I've got some stuff by Periphery, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, The Porcupine Tree, and The Butterfly Effect that I don't listen to, not because I don't like it but because I don't think I would like it. I haven't actually listened to any of them.

Please don't kill me.

You should probably give these a listen, especially PT. Steven Wilson is an incredible guitarist and vocalist.

Much to the dismay of just about anyone on here, I'd have to say Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children, a pretty heavily lauded album, but I don't particularly like it, and I think it's far from being their best effort.

Your Residents avatar reminds me that the only time I might have been guilty of this is when bands you dearly love start putting out records you don't like very much. You want to give them the benefit of the doubt and you want to like that new stuff, but it just doesn't ring your bell, but you can feel like you're betraying your band if you ultimately turn your back.

I dearly dearly loved the Residents early stuff but after the Mole show, when two of the original four guys left, it just wasn't the same. I think God in Three Persons was the record where I finally had to say, this wasn't the band I fell in love with, and I was still buying these albums out of sheer loyalty. It can be hard to let go, but at least we'll always have 'Walter Westinghouse'...